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Shepenupet I or Shapenewpet I was God's Wife of Amun during the Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt. Biography. She was the first “hereditary” God's Wife or Divine Adoratrice of Amun to wield political power in ancient Thebes and its surrounding region.
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Khnemetibamun Shepenupet I (transliteration: šp-n-wp.t, meaning: "Gift of Opening") was an ancient Egyptian God's Wife of Amun of the Twenty-third and Twenty-fifth Dynasties during the Third Intermediate Period.
As a God's Wife of Amun, Shepenupet's name is written inside a cartouche. She adopted the same epithet as her predecessor; Meritmut (mry.t-mwt, "Beloved of Mut"). Her praenomen was Khnemetibamun (ḫnm.t-ỉb-ỉmn, "United with the Heart of Amun"). She is the only God's Wife whose throne name refers to Amun, instead of his wife Mut.
Shepenupet I was a daughter of Pharaoh Osorkon III and Queen Karoadjet. Pharaohs Takelot III and Rudamun were her (half-)brothers.
Presumably under her father's reign, Shepenupet was adopted as Divine Adoratrice of Amun; the heir of the God's Wife of Amun Karomama-Meritmut.
Shepenupet I succeeded Karomama as God's Wife of Amun during her father's reign. When Kashta, a Kushite monarch, extended his influence to the Theban area, she was compelled to adopt Kashta's daughter Amenirdis I as her successor and name her as her chosen heir. Shepenupet and Amenirdis are depicted together in Wadi Gasus as God's Wife and Divine Adoratrice respectively.
Shepenupet I's tomb was discovered in the area of Medinet Habu at the Theban Necropolis.
•Dodson, A./Hilton, D., 2004: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London.
•Török, L., 1997: The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization. Brill, Leiden/New York/Cologne.
The reigning God's Wife of Amun, Shepenupet I, was persuaded to adopt Amenirdis, the daughter of Pharaoh Kashta of Kush as her heir. This sequence was followed throughout the 25th Dynasty until Egypt was conquered by the Saite king Psamtik I, who founded the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, who had his daughter, Nitocris I, adopted by Amenirdis II.
Amenirdis I (throne name: Hatneferumut) was a God's Wife of Amun during the 25th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Originating from the Kingdom of Kush, she was the daughter of Pharaoh Kashta and Queen Pebatjma, and was later adopted by Shepenupet I. She went on to rule as high priestess, and has been shown in several artifacts from the period.
800 BC - 714 BC. Memorability Metrics. Page views of Shepenupet IS by language. Among POLITICIANS. Contemporaries. Shepenupet I. Shepenupet I or Shapenewpet I was God's Wife of Amun during the Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt. Read more on Wikipedia.
Shepenupet II, God's Wife of Amun of the 25th Dynasty. Daughter of Pharaoh Piye. Shepenupet (transliteration: šp-n-wp.t, meaning: "Gift of Opening") is an ancient Egyptian female given name which may refer to: Shepenupet I, God's Wife of Amun of the 23rd Dynasty.
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